U.N.Meeting on Dangerous Goods Transport Takes Steps on Containers,Fuel Cells

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GENEVA-Technical experts on the transport of hazardous materials agreed at a meeting July 3-12 to provisions on the strength of containers and on the transport of fuel cells and small amounts of some substances,but they failed to reach a consensus on pharmaceutical samples and lithium ion batteries.The meeting of the U.N.Economic Commission for Europe's Subcommittee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods was the third of four scheduled meetings under the current biennial review of the U.N.Model Regulations for the safe transportation of dangerous goods.Many countries use the Model Regulations to adopt national regulations on hazardous materials transport.